From a7fa9e41835c9f7d72d777a3ce7b906e5b07e474 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Oliver Davies Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2024 23:53:51 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Add daily email for 2024-04-23 Why use a static site generator --- source/_daily_emails/2024-04-23.md | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+) create mode 100644 source/_daily_emails/2024-04-23.md diff --git a/source/_daily_emails/2024-04-23.md b/source/_daily_emails/2024-04-23.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..1f66c10a1 --- /dev/null +++ b/source/_daily_emails/2024-04-23.md @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +--- +title: Why use a static site generator +date: 2024-04-23 +permalink: archive/2024/04/23/why-use-a-static-site-generator +tags: + - software-development + - php + - sculpin +cta: ~ +snippet: | + Why use a static site generator instead of a CMS? +--- + +[In February][yesterday], I spoke at the PHP South West meetup about Sculpin - a static site generator written in PHP. + +Sculpin uses Twig, HTML and Markdown to generate static HTML files that you can upload to any web server. + +You don't need PHP or a database server - making it simpler and cheaper to host compared to a CMS-powered site. + +There's also no database for people to hack into and, as they're just static HTML pages, they are very quick to load. + +The downside is that files need to be created and edited locally or editing Git files on GitHub, etc, as there's no CMS to log into. + +Still, for some projects, static site generators are a great option. + +For Drupal, there's Tome - a module that creates a static website from a Drupal installation, and something I plan to investigate. + +[yesterday]: {{site.url}}/archive/2024/04/22/building-websites-with-php-and-sculpin